History Main / ExpansionPack

** ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' first had the third-party "Cryptic Passage" which just added new levels. Shortly afterward came the Monolith-produced "Post Mortem", which included new weapons, enemies, and various changes and bugfixes.

** ''VideoGame/{{Blood}} II'' and ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' each had a single first-party expansion: "The Nightmare Levels" and "Killer App", respectively.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** While most of the PostEndGameContent in the series falls under PlayableEpilogue, the Kanto Region in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' counts as an Expansion Pack ''that shipped with the original game''. GSC was technically "beat" when [[FinalBoss Lance]] was defeated, allowing your player to go to the Hall of Fame. From there you went back home and learned about Kanto there. Sure, there is only a minimal, [[TheRemnant bare-bones]] villain plot in Kanto, but you get (most of) its set of Gym Leaders,[[note]]with the absentees getting appropriate replacements,[[/note]] several new Pokemon,[[note]]including several lines considered as Gen II due to GSC being the game they debuted in,[[/note]] ''plus'' [[TrueFinalBoss a Champion]] at the end: [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Red]].
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' has two DownloadableContent expansion packs "The Isle of Armor" and "The Crown Tundra", eschewing the traditional UpdatedRerelease for a pair of games[[note]]''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' also did not recieve an updated re-release, with Game Freak instead choosing to remake ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''[[/note]]. The packs bring new areas, challenges, and new and returning Pokémon. After both expansions had been released, [[UpdatedRerelease the physical game was rereleased with the expansions already included]].

** ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII: Serpent Isle'' is sometimes mistaken for an expansion pack, but was actually the next fully-fledged installment of the series -- the only reason it wasn't released as "VideoGame/UltimaVIII" was that due to time constraints, it ran on the same UsefulNotes/GameEngine as ''The Black Gate'' and series creator [[Creator/OriginSystems Richard Garriott]] insisted on [[DoingItForTheArt programming an engine from scratch]] for each numbered installment. ''Serpent Isle'' eventually got its own expansion, ''The Silver Seed'', but due to clumsy marketing and a rushed release (ordered by [[Creator/ElectronicArts corporate suits]]), ''The Silver Seed'' was shipped partially unfinished; while the expansion is in 'winnable', numerous unchecked plot holes, dangling story threads, and even one or two only partially-designed-but-abandoned-midway sidequests mar the experience.

** ''Stormblood'', which takes the action eastward into the conquered nations of Ala Mhigo and [[{{Wutai}} Doma]]. Three more classes also join the ranks: the {{Samurai}}, the RedMage, and later on the [[PowerCopying Blue Mage]].

** ''VideoGame/XWing'' had two expansion packs, ''Imperial Pursuit'' and ''B-Wing'', each adding an additional campaign.

* ''VideoGame/StarfleetCommand'' series gained a massive one for the second incarnation, adding new factions like the Orion Syndicate. Full title: ''[[ColonCancer Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Orion Pirates]]''

* ''[[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars']]'' ''X-Wing'' series featured expansion packs for all games except ''XWingAlliance'':

** ''VideoGame/XWingVSTIEFighter'' had the ''Balance of Power'' expansion, which added a single player campaign for each side as well as additional spacecraft types.

* ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'' has two. The first is a free, downloadable one that would add the characters [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Lina, Naga]], and [[Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru Kukuri]], as well as the stages [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Golem Fight Grounds]] and [[Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru Nekojima Valley]]. The second is [[http://fly-system.net/product/mba/pack_lyrical.htm Lyrical Pack]], which adds [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Hayate, Vita, and StrikerS Nanoha, the Desert Planet and Virtual City Training Ground stages]], Mission Mode, Survival Mode, and various character and gameplay tweaks.

* Probably the ultimate expansion pack would be ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'', a cartridge game that ''literally attached to'' the previous title, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3''! This was because they were [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally meant to be one game]], but it was split in half, both in order to meet the deadline of a UsefulNotes/McDonalds tie-in to ''Sonic 3'' and due to the full game's unusually large filesize (it couldn't fit on a normal cartridge, and instead had to be put onto either two normal carts or one ''very expensive'' larger cart), and a lock-on system was devised to allow the games to be played on their own or combined into one game. The feature also allowed people to lock ''Sonic & Knuckles'' onto other games--locking it onto ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' allowed players to play through the game as Knuckles, and as an additional EasterEgg, locking it onto the first ''Sonic'' game resulted in an expanded version of the ''3 & Knuckles'' sphere-collecting BonusStage with 128,016,000 different possible stage layouts and a password system allowing players to select whichever layout they wished, and locking it onto any other game would result in roughly the same but without the ability to advance through the stages after completing them.

* ''VideoGame/ItCameFromTheDesert'' had the data disk ''Antheads: It Came from the Desert II''.

* ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' has ''VideoGame/NewSuperLuigiU'', which contains 82 levels that are more difficult than the standard game. ''Luigi U'' is also a standalone retail release, playing with the trope.

* Probably the ultimate expansion pack would be ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'', a cartridge game that ''literally attached to'' the previous title, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3''! This was because they were [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally meant to be one game]], but it was split in half, both in order to meet the deadline and due to the full game's unusually large filesize (it couldn't fit on a normal cartridge, and instead had to be put onto either two normal carts or one ''very expensive'' larger cart), and a lock-on system was devised to allow the games to be played on their own or combined into one game. The feature also allowed people to lock Sonic & Knuckles onto other games - locking it onto ''Sonic 2'' allowed players to play through ''2'' as Knuckles, and as an additional EasterEgg, locking it onto the first ''Sonic'' game resulted in an expanded version of the ''3 & Knuckles'' sphere-collecting BonusStage with 128,016,000 different possible stage layouts and a password system allowing players to select whichever layout they wished, and locking it onto any other game would result in roughly the same but without the ability to advance through the stages after completing them.

* ''VideoGame/MagicalBattleArena'' has two. The first is a free, downloadable one that would add the characters [[{{LightNovel/Slayers}} Lina, Naga]], and [[Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru Kukuri]], as well as the stages [[{{LightNovel/Slayers}} Golem Fight Grounds]] and [[Manga/MagicalCircleGuruGuru Nekojima Valley]]. The second is [[http://fly-system.net/product/mba/pack_lyrical.htm Lyrical Pack]], which adds [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Hayate, Vita, and StrikerS Nanoha, the Desert Planet and Virtual City Training Ground stages]], Mission Mode, Survival Mode, and various character and gameplay tweaks.

* ''VideoGame/{{Quake|I}}'' had ''Dissolution of Eternity'', by Rogue, and ''Scourge of Armagon'' by Hipnotic. ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' had ''The Reckoning'', by Xatrix, and ''Ground Zero'' by Rogue. And ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'' had ''Team Arena'' by Id themselves.

* ''[[VideoGame/SiN1998 SiN]]'' had the ''Wages of Sin'' expansion pack by 2015 Inc., which added a new set of levels, fixed a few bugs, and added a few new features, such as the ability to use the standard handgun [[GunsAkimbo two at a time]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Unreal|I}}'' has the expansion pack ''Return to Na Pali'', which adds a new campaign that continues the story from the ending of ''Unreal'', along with giving you a couple of new guns to play with.

** ''Heavensward'', which includes the frozen mountains of Coerthas in which the theocracy of Ishgard is settled, in addition to a new playable race in the [[HornedHumanoid Au Ra]] and three new jobs: the [[TheGunslinger gunslinging]] Machinist, the [[CardsOfPower card-powered]] Astrologian, and the [[DarkIsNotEvil menacingly noble]] Dark Knight.

** ''Shadowbringers'' brings the heroes to the [[LightIsNotGood light-ravaged]] world of the First, brings two more classes into the fold ([[GunBlade Gunbreaker]] and [[MagicDance Dancer]]), and introduces two new playable races (the [[LittleBitBeastly Viera]] and [[PantheraAwesome Hrothgar]]).

* The ''Brood War'' expansion for ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' picked up the story with a 20-hour campaign and added 8 new units (to complement the original's 30 non-builder units).
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' has two standalone expansions. The first game, ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'', serves as a base for both ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' (released March 2013) and ''VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'' (released November 2015).

* ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series:
** The first game ''X: Beyond The Frontier'' has the ''X:Tension'' [[PunBasedTitle xtension pack]], which expands the content and allows the player to purchase and fly other ships.
** ''X3: Terran Conflict'' is a standalone expansion pack for ''X3: Reunion'', though it offers so much new content that it is typically referred to as a separate game. ''X3: Albion Prelude'' is an expansion pack of an expansion pack -- it requires ''Terran Conflict'' to run, though it runs from a separate executable and the player does not carry over progress in from ''Terran Conflict''.

* ''VideoGame/{{SWAT 4}}'' had ''The Stetchkov Syndicate''. It added a new single player campaign with seven missions related to the titular Bulgarian mafia clan, numerous AI, command interface and multiplayer improvements, and several new weapons, including a nifty tear gas grenade launcher, a special marksman rifle and a more modern taser pistol that could double as a melee weapon.

** The {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} version of ''Secret Missions'', the first [=WC1=] add-on, was a fully separate game that didn't need the original, but that was a function of cartridge-based games for which the method described in the ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'' example, above, was impractical on the basis of costs (WC at the time not being the [[CashCowFranchise cash cow]] that was the Sonic series).

* ''[[TabletopGame/SevenWonders 7 Wonders]]'':

* [[SourceBook Supplements]] for {{tabletop RPG}}s are almost inevitably this. It's in the nature of these games that all one usually really ''needs'' to buy to play one are from one to three "core" rulebooks and any special dice it requires -- but that doesn't keep rules expansions, new setting information (or new settings altogether), pre-made scenarios and the like from ''also'' selling.
* Many [[Anime/ShimaShimaToraNoShimajiro Shimajiro]] toys support having additional add-on modules or extra activity cards offered separately from the main product, which makes getting the toys even harder than it already is [[NoExportForYou if you don't live in Japan]].

* ''VideoGame/GoosebumpsNightOfScares'' gains an extended edition five years later, titled ''Night of Scares''. Players reprise their role as Twist, and once again Slappy the Dummy is on the loose and had Stine imprisoned in his typewriter.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: Nuts & Bolts'' received one called "LOG's Lost Challenges".

* ''VideoGame/Doom3: Resurrection of Evil'' is a direct sequel to ''Doom 3'''s story that adds to the base game a five hour campaign, three new weapons, a few new enemies, and a final boss. The ''[[UpdatedRerelease BFG Edition]]'' also includes an additional mission pack titled ''The Lost Mission'', which is a couple hours long but adds no new content besides maps.
* Like Doom 3's BFG Edition, the UpdatedRerelease for ''VideoGame/Doom64'' includes ''The Lost Levels'', a set of six maps (plus a bonus seventh map) taking place after the events of the main story.
* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal: The Ancient Gods'' is a two-part DLC that takes place after the base game, featuring new levels and enemies.
* ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' provided two full level sets in one package, ''TNT: Evilution'' and ''The Plutonia Experiment'', the first of which was originally intended to be a freeware GameMod until id Software struck a publishing deal with its development team.

* ''VideoGame/{{Sin}}'' had the ''Wages of Sin'' expansion pack by 2015 Inc., which added a new set of levels, fixed a few bugs, and added a few new features, such as the ability to use the standard handgun [[GunsAkimbo two at a time]].

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld'' has ''Iceborne'', which introduces the long-awaited [[SlippySlideyIceWorld cold-weather area]], the highest quest rank, many iconic returning monsters such as Nargacuga, Tigrex, and Glavenus; and new ones like Namielle, Shara Ishvalda, and subspecies for monsters seen in the vanilla game. In comparison, previous games used to be re-released with expanded content, and whenever possible included an option to [[OldSaveBonus import saves into those expanded versions so players didn't have to start over again]].
* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise'' has ''Sunbreak'' which, in addition to adding a new quest rank that features brand-new monsters like the Three Lords (Garangolm, Lunagaron and Malzeno) and subspecies for existing monsters, also has a more elaborate storyline that develops in a new land, a new hunting area plus a returning one from the second generation, and returning veterans like Seregios, Astalos and the Magalas (Gore and Shagaru, with the Chaotic variant of the former being added via a post-release update).

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' has ''[[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2TornaTheGoldenCountry Torna ~ The Golden Country]]'', a prequel set during the Aegis War prominent in the game's backstory. It has different battle mechanics from the main story and is substantial and separate enough that it's available as a standalone title.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3FutureRedeemed'', a prequel focusing on a group called the Liberators, who would become the Founders of the the City in its incarnation encountered in the main game. It also explains [[spoiler: what [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Shulk]] and [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Rex]] were up to, as they are part of the Liberators]].

* ''VideoGame/RockBand'' has Track Packs, which consist of 20 or so songs that are usually available as [[DownloadableContent DLC]] in the main games packaged onto a disc to give players unwilling to purchase DLC or without an Internet connection a sampling of the ''massive'' list of downloadable songs available for the series. Some of the songs are timed exclusives for the Track Pack before getting released as DLC later. Those with an Internet connection can use a one-time code on the instruction manual [[OldSaveBonus to port the songs over to the main games' library]]. The entries include:

** The sequel ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'' has ''Burning Shores'', a [[VersionExclusiveContent PS5-exclusive]] expansion.

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* ''VideoGame/MarioKart8 Deluxe'': Five years following its release, the game received a massive expansion known as the Booster Course Pass. It incorporates 48 extra courses that add to the existing 48 from the base content (thus doubling the total to ''96''), and are released in six waves between 2022 and 2023. Starting with the fourth wave, it also adds characters that weren't originally present in the roster.
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Related to DownloadableContent, which, depending on what and how much they add to their base games, are basically downloaded Expansion Packs. See MissionPackSequel for when developers try to pass these off as entirely new games. (Expansion packs have sometimes been retooled as mission-pack sequels because publishers would rather have stand-alone games to sell to a wider audience, or because the hardware on a particular platform isn't conducive to physically separating the UsefulNotes/GameEngine from the scenario data.)

* ''TabletopGame/Pokemon'' also introduces a new set every month or so, often tying in to the new games.
* ''TabletopGame/DigimonCardGame'' has a new expansion about every other month, as well as semi-annual starter decks that contain their own unique cards (though all cards can be used together since there's only one gameplay format).

* ''VideoGame/Fallout3''. [[DownloadableContent Mothership Zeta, The Pitt, Operation Anchorage, and Point Lookout]] all count, but the most important DownloadableContent is Broken Steel, which completely changes the ending of the vanilla game so as to allow you to [[PlayableEpilogue play after beating it]], as well as adding some new {{sidequest}}s and increasing the level {{cap}}.

** ''VideoGame/Splatoon3: Expansion Pass'' contains two waves of content. Wave 1, released in February 2023, adds [[NostalgiaLevel Inkopolis Plaza from the first game]], along with its shops and vendor characters. Wave 2 is a single player campaign called ''Side Order''.

** ''VideoGame/Splatoon3: Expansion Pass'' contains two waves of content. Wave 1, released in February 2023, adds [[NostalgiaLevel Inkopolis Plaza from the first game]], along with its shops, vendors, and gear. Wave 2 is a single player campaign called ''Side Order''.